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Sharilyn Skye
Author
Cerridwen's Tears
Cerridwen's Tears Introduces Lara Hennessey, nurse, coffee lover, and unwitting creature of magic. A vicious attack by a jealous lover breaks the protective spell set by her parents and reveals her true heritage, she is high blood Daoine Sidhe, a true Healer, something that has not been seen in the supernatural community for millennia. Almost losing her life in the attack, she is saved by her neighbor, Aedan, the Governor of the Easter Region of vampires, and just like Lara, a creature that should no longer exist. Together they cover up her attacker's death and try to deal with the aftermath. The transition from old life to new is quick but events are spiraling out of control faster than she can manage. Unable to return to her job at the local hospital, she teams up with Aedan and his House, working as a consultant on the case of the Baltimore City vampires killings. During their efforts to find the truth, they develop a relationship complicated by the fact that Lara doesn't do relationships and Aedan is playing for keeps. When the truth about her identity comes out to the supernatural community at large, she becomes both coveted and feared. Not everyone is excited about the return of a true Healer and she quickly finds herself surrounded by those who want control over her power and will kill to get it. What little time she has to discover her abilities and harness her power to save herself is running out. When the militant anti-vampire group responsible for killing the city's vampires kidnaps Lara as bait to garner their biggest kill of all-Aedan, all bets are off. She'll need more than wild magic and coffee to survive this time.
Reviews
Skye’s debut novel suffers from a few missteps but ultimately builds a fun world with clear plans for a series. Lara Hennessey is a nurse and widow living outside of Baltimore. She thinks she’s a perfectly ordinary person, until her new neighbor, Aedan, a vampire, changes her entire world. This narrative is standard paranormal romance fare: a special woman falls for a brooding, handsome, and otherworldly man while learning secrets about her heritage and trying to stop a killer. The unique element is the worldbuilding, which dives into faerie lore—Lara is of the Daoine Sidhe faerie lineage—while complicating vampire lore. Lara and Aedan are both stock characters, and in order to justify him being possessive and overprotective, the story alternates between playing up her considerable powers and making her conveniently weak. There is also a very unpleasant rape scene that will put some readers off. Fans of paranormal romance who like the comfort of familiarity will enjoy this series opener. (BookLife)
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